LITERATURE 147 - Literature of the Underground:Subterranean

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Claremont McKenna College

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Description:

Themes Across Traditions. A. Bradley This course considers the idea of the underground -both literal and figurative-in writing across traditions.How has the social and literary construction of the underground developed over time What moral, political, and aesthetic weight do subterranean themes carry Topics may include claustrophobia and escape, sin and damnation, dreams and imagination, secrecy and subversion in works by Dante, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Lewis Carroll, Jules Verne, Sigmund Freud, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, and Walter Mosley. Offered occasionally.

Credits:

1.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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